ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries News From the Field A C Q U IS IT IO N S • With the addition of a 190-item collection of the works of nineteenth-century illustrator Walter Crane, valued at $18,000, the D etroit Public Library’s Rare Book Room has become one of the nation’s largest institutional collec­ tors of this noted British artist. The materials were purchased for the library by the Friends of the Detroit Public Library. The newly ac­ quired materials include original drawings, proofs, autograph letters, first editions, variant issues, and a unique holiday storybook written and illustrated by hand by Walter Crane for his children’s entertainment. The library now has holdings of national im­ portance of two out of three of the most im­ portant British children’s book illustrators of the nineteenth century. The Crane purchase will complement the Rare Book Room’s collection of materials by Kate Greenaway, a contempo­ rary of Crane’s in England at the end of the 1800s; Edmund Evans was the engraver who worked with both artists in preparing their drawings for publication. The library’s Crane collection ranks with that of Yale University and the Library of Con­ gress, the only other institutions in the U.S. with substantial works of this artist. • The Music Library and the Ethnomusicol- ogy Archive at University of California, Los Angeles have recently been named as the recipients of the collection of the late composer- musicologist Colin McPhee. In addition to man­ uscripts and published scores of his composi­ tions, many field notes, transcriptions, and photographs made during McPhee’s extended stay in Bali in the 1930s comprise an important aspect of the collection. McPhee, who was born in Montreal in 1900, was perhaps best known as an authority on Balinese music, having be­ come interested in it initially as a composer. His best-known composition, “Tabuh-Tabuhan” (1936), was greatly influenced by indigenous Balinese instrumental music, and his major work, Music in Bali, completed just before his death in 1964, remains the definitive ethno- musicological treatise on Balinese music. FELLOWSHIPS • The Council on Library Resources’ Sixth Class of Twenty-Five Fellows—geograph­ ically and professionally the most diverse to date—will receive approximately $85,000 with which to pursue special library projects of their own choosing during a leave of absence granted by their employers. Librarians from nineteen states and the Dis­ trict of Columbia will be studying a variety of library concerns ranging from the process of library unionization to staff and community par­ ticipation in public library goal setting, and from the state of the art of library public rela­ tions to the seemingly endless problems of cata­ log automation. One of the CLR Fellows, Susan Thach Dean of the University of Wisconsin- Parkside at Kenosha, will serve a three-month internship in the Newberry Library, while an­ other, Deputy Director Roderick G. Swartz of the National Commission on Libraries and In­ formation Science, will compare West Ger­ many’s planning and development of its library and information services with those of the Unit­ ed States. The twenty-five awards for 1974-75 bring to 139 the number announced by CLR since the program was initiated five years ago. Li­ brarians working in thirty-two of the fifty states plus the District of Columbia, Canada, and Nigeria are among those comprising the six CLR Fellowship classes. Titles of the twenty-five newest CLR Fellows and the institutions they serve point up the growing diversity of the library profession. Ex­ cept for the librarians of Oberlin and Carleton colleges and reference librarians at Northwest­ ern University and the University of Wisconsin- Parkside at Kenosha, no two CLR Fellows for 1974-75 appear to have identical positions. As in previous years, the CLR Fellows will receive funds for approved travel, supplies, and services from CLR and an appropriate leave of absence from their employer. The Council on Library Resources, Inc., is a private operating foundation which, through directly administered programs as well as grants to and contracts with other organiza­ tions, seeks to aid in the solution of problems of libraries generally and of academic and re­ search libraries in particular. The council was established in 1956 with support from the Ford Foundation from which it continues to derive its funding. G R A N T S • The National Science Foundation has awarded System Development Corporation $98,500 for a study of man-machine system communication in on-line retrieval systems. The study will focus on interactive searching of very large literature data bases, which has become 129 a major area of interest and activity in the field of information science. At least seven ma­ jor systems of national or international scope are in operation within the federal government and private industry, and more systems are on the drawing boards or in experimental opera­ tion. The principal investigator for the project will be Dr. Carlos Cuadra, manager of SDC’s Education and Library Systems Department. The study will use questionnaire and inter­ view techniques to collect data related to: (1) the impact of on-line retrieval usage on the terminal user; (2) the impact of on-line service on the sponsoring institution; and (3) the im­ pact of on-line service on the information- utilization habits of the information consumer. Attention will also be given to reliability prob­ lems in the transmission chain from the user to the computer and back. The major elements in this chain include: the user; the terminal; the telephone instrument; local telephone lines and switchboards; long-haul communications; the communications-computer interface hardware; the computer itself; and various programs in the computer, including the retrieval program. M E E T IN G S July 4-6: Public Libraries. The Architec­ ture Committee for Public Libraries of the Li­ brary Administration Division, ALA, will hold a preconference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City prior to the Annual Conference of the American Library Association. The conference theme will be “An Architectural Strategy for Change: Remodeling and Expanding for Con­ temporary Public Library Needs.” It will pro­ vide an opportunity for librarians to consider the basic problems involved in remodeling and expanding existing structures to accommodate changing patterns of library service, types of media, operation methods, etc. The keynote session will be “W hat Are the Pressures for Change in the Public Library Pro­ gram and What Do They Mean in Architec­ tural Terms?” An overview of the problems con­ fronting anyone remodeling or expanding a li­ brary building will be given. At the second ses­ sion, a critique of three recent library build­ ings—small, medium, and large—which were considered well-planned when constructed but which fail to meet present and future require­ ments, will be presented. The third session will have as its topic “Fac­ ing Basic Problems.” It will offer the views of architects, structural and mechanical engineers, and communication experts of the fundamental problems which they must consider in pro­ gramming for remodeling and assessing the ad­ visability of remodeling or adding to an exist­ ing structure. During the fourth session, a number of in­ formal laboratory workshops will be held in which participants can present their building plans and remodeling and expansion plans to reactors for comment. The committee antici­ pates four to five groups divided by size of li­ brary and conducted by either a present or for­ mer member of the committee. Those wishing to present plans should contact Howard Borth­ wick, Deputy Director, Montgomery County Department of Libraries, 99 South Perry St., Rockville, MD 20850. The fifth session topic will be “Remodeled Buildings Meet Their Critics.” Librarians and architects will review three recently remodeled buildings or buildings currently undergoing re­ modeling. These will include a small, medium, and large sized library. At the sixth and final session, a summary of the conference will be presented by an experienced public library building consultant. Registration for the preconference will be limited to 250. A $50 fee will be charged for ALA members and a $55 fee for nonmembers. Registration must be made by mail to ALA Headquarters. Please make checks payable to the American Library Association and send to Donald P. Hammer, Executive Secretary, LAD, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. July 5-6: Women in a Woman’s Profes­ sion : Strategies is the title of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table sponsored 1974 preconference on women in librarianship. The conference will be held at Douglas College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This is a working conference by, for, and about women in librarianship. It will focus on the problem of being the majority in a profes­ sion in which men hold most of the positions of influence, power, and authority. The first session will be devoted to information on prob­ lems in librarianship. The second day will con­ sist of workshops to plan future and continuing action. Advance registration is required and space is limited to 200. The cost is $60.00 and in­ cludes three nights’ (July 4, 5, 6) lodging and all meals. For further information and registration con­ tact Betty-Carol Sellen, Brooklyn College Li­ brary, Brooklyn, NY 11210. Phone: (212) 780- 5335. July 5-6: Serials Workshop. The Serials Section of RTSD and the Library of Congress are sponsoring two workshops on serials proce­ dures at the Library of Congress in Washing­ ton, D.C. The workshops are intended primari­ 130 ly for serials librarians involved in daily serials processing and are designed to acquaint the se­ rials librarian with the processing activities, with an emphasis on cataloging, of the Serial Record Division of the Library of Congress. The first workshop on Friday-Saturday, 5-6 July 1974, is intended for librarians who reside outside of the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and is scheduled immediately preceding the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New York City. The second workshop on Tuesday-Wednesday, 1-2 October 1974, will be a repeat of the first workshop and is intended for those librarians in the Washing­ ton, D.C. area. For further information see the May News. July 7-8: Census D ata. The Education and Behavioral Science Section will spon­ sor the Clearinghouse and Laboratory for Cen­ sus Data (operated by Data Use and Access Laboratories of Rosslyn, Virginia) in a day and a half seminar/workshop on access and use of 1970 Census of Population and Housing data during the 1974 ALA Annual Conference in New York. For further information see the January News. July 7-13: Library Automation. A workshop on the latest techniques in library automation, sponsored by Richard Abel & Company, will precede the 1974 American Library Association conference in New York City. Persons interested in further information oi in participating in the workshop should contact Abel Workshop Director, Richard Abel & Com­ pany, Inc., P.O. Box 4245, Portland, OR 97208. See the March News for more informa­ tion. July 9: ACRL College Library Section Membership Meeting at the New York Confer­ ence is scheduled for 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. follow­ ing the section’s program meeting. One impor­ tant matter will be approval by the member­ ship of the “Proposed Bylaws of the College Li­ brary Section of ACRL” which were published in the April 1973 issue of CRL News, but which were not acted upon at the Las Vegas Conference owing to scheduling problems. July 28-Aug. 9: Administrators. The Col­ lege of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, is planning the eighth annual Library Administrators Development Program. Dr. John Rizzo, professor of manage­ ment at Western Michigan University, will serve as the director. Participants will include senior administrative personnel of large library systems—public, research, academic, special, governmental, and school—from the United States and Canada. Those interested in further information are invited to address inquiries to Mrs. Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. See the January News for further infor­ mation. August 5-6: Media. “Differentiating the Me­ dia: A Focus on Library Selection and Use of Communication Content” will be the topic of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. The aim of the conference is to go beyond the current pro and con arguments about the “new media” and to stress, instead, the characteris­ tics of each medium which influence its effec­ tiveness as a carrier of different kinds of com­ munication to serve different kinds of needs for different kinds of audiences. The conference will be held at the Center for Continuing Education on the University of Chi­ cago campus. For further details about registra­ tion, housing, etc., write to either of the con­ ference directors, Lester Asheim or Sara I. Fen­ wick, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. See the April News for more informa­ tion. September 12-15: Oral History Collo­ quium. The Oral History Association is holding its ninth National Colloquium at Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jackson, Wyoming. The workshop will begin at midafternoon on Thursday, September 12, and continue through a noon luncheon on Friday. The colloquium will begin at Friday noon, September 13, and continue through a noon luncheon on Sunday. One may register for either the workshop or colloquium or both. Registrations for the workshop and/or col­ loquium must be submitted by August 15, 1974. Forms can be obtained by writing George Ellsworth, Editor, Western Historical Quarterly, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321. September 29-October 2: Public Rela­ tions—A Library Tool will be the theme of the Pennsylvania Library Association Confer­ ence to be held at Host Farm Resort, Lancas­ ter, Pennsylvania. Information may be request­ ed from Stephen D. Wood, Lancaster County Library, 125 N. Duke St., Lancaster, PA 17602. M IS C E L L A N Y • A new Public Information Office has been established at the American Library Asso­ ciation Headquarters office. The new office is 131 a reorganization of personnel to increase pub­ tion on current library management practices ­ and are directed toward achieving five primary e objectives: r­ 1. to collect information and documentation s regarding current practices in specific ­ areas of library management; 2. to make both the original documentation and the center’s analyses available to the ­ library community;A 3. to publish analytical state-of-the-art re­­ views on management topics;s 4. to identify library management expertise f and facilitate its exchange; ande 5. to promote experimentation and innova­f tion on the basis of what has succeeded k elsewhere. d The center’s resources are developed by sur­ veys aimed at collecting data and relevant doc­ umentation, including policy statements, proce­ e dures manuals, committee reports, brochures, y and forms currently in use. The material is i­ analyzed and representative coverage of man­ ­ agement topics is presented in SPEC kits, which are packages of illustrative materials rep­ ­ resenting the range of approaches to manage­ g ment issues. Each kit is supported by a SPEC g Flyer which defines the issue, describes the e various approaches to it, and indicates trends ­ and problem areas. Kits have been prepared in such areas as Status of Librarians, Affirmative Action Programs, Staff Training and Develop­ ment, and Performance Review. Additional information on SPEC services is available from: Systems and Procedures Ex­ change Center, Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone: (202)232-8656. • Patrick Martin, F.I.C., a librarian for the handicapped, will teach a four-week summer course, Media for the Handicapped Reader, July 15 through August 9 at The Catholic Uni­ versity’s library science department. Brother Martin, who is himself partially sighted, is an extension librarian for the New York Public Library. Through his course at C.U., students will be exposed to all facets of library services to the handicapped with lec­ tures, demonstrations, guest speakers, and field trips. The course is open to all master’s degree and post-MLS degree students in the field. Tuition for the course is $198; applications will be ac­ cepted until the first day of classes, July 15. For more information, call or write: Depart­ ment of Library Science, The Catholic Univer­ sity, Washington, DC 20017; (202)635-5085. • Librarians and other information special­ lic relations effectiveness. The Membership Pro motion Office and the Public Relations Offic have been combined for the new public info mation program which will coordinate all new regarding the association, will promote mem bership, and will launch a year round program to increase the visibility of libraries. The office will continue to provide staff sup port for ongoing programs such as the AL Membership Committee’s many promotion cam paigns, but it will also provide public relation materials and will work toward greater use o all news media. Implementation of plans for th ALA Centennial in 1976 and coordination o the ALA role in the National Library Wee program are also within the scope of the new office. The Public Information Office is directe by Peggy Barber. • The Office of Management Studies of th Association of Research Libraries has recentl expanded the services available to non-ARL l braries from the Systems and Procedures Ex change Center (SPEC). Instituted during 1973, SPEC has been de veloped to promote and facilitate the sharin of management techniques and expertise amon academic and research libraries. Its services ar designed to respond to the need for informa 132 ists will have the unique opportunity this sum­ mer to study in Paris. The Center for the Ad­ vancement of Library-Information Science of the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center is expanding its professional development opportunities this summer to include a two-week institute in Paris, to be conducted in cooperation with the university’s Study Abroad Program. The ar­ rangements in France are being handled by the Union Franchise des Organismes de Documen­ tation. The institute, which will run from July 15 to July 26, will give students in-depth exposure to leading French national and France-based international documentation. The program, given in English, is intended for students with previous exposure to data processing. Students will be introduced to the organiza­ tion of the library-information science commu­ nity in France, and will participate in discus­ sions on the planning and implementation of the leading bibliographic information systems in France. Site visits are planned to UNESCO, OECD, Bibliotheque Nationale, Centre Nation­ al de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche Informatique et Automatique, plus specialized institutes that reflect the profession­ al interest of the students. A $250 fee includes registration, tuition, in­ surance, and other processing costs. It does not include air fare or room and board. However, the university is working on arrangements for low-cost student room and breakfast. The institute is creditable toward the City University’s Professional Certificate in Library- Information Science. Since the number of per­ sons who may be admitted to the program is limited, early inquiry is recommended. Please contact Professor Vivian S. Sessions, CUNY Graduate Center, 33 W. 42 St., New York, NY 10036. Phone: (212)790-4413. • Historians Ray Allen Billington and Ste­ phan Thernstrom and former U.S. government defense expert Townsend Hoopes were award­ ed the 1974 Bancroft Prizes by Columbia University. The awards, $4,000 each, recognized “books of exceptional merit and distinction in Ameri­ can history (including biography), American diplomacy, and the international relations of the United States,” published in 1973. The winning books are: Frederick Jackson Turner: Historian, Scholar, Teacher, by Profes­ sor Billington, published by Oxford University Press; The Devil and John Foster Dulles, by Mr. Hoopes, published by Atlantic-Little, Brown; and The Other Bostonians: Poverty and Progress in the American Metropolis, 1880- 133 1970, by Professor Thernstrom, published by Harvard University Press. The Bancroft Prizes were established at Co­ lumbia in 1948 in the will of Frederic Ban­ croft, historian and former librarian of the De­ partment of State, The awards, equal in rank, are confined to works written in English or in English translation. • The Illinois Institute of Technology is offering a graduate program leading to the M.S. degree in Science Information, an inter­ disciplinary curriculum for the management and the processing of technical and scientific information. Graduates will be able to service the information needs of research and develop­ ment organizations, government agencies, aca­ demic institutions, libraries, etc. The core program comprises the following areas: 1. Information collection, storage, and re­ trieval. 2. Writing, editing, abstracting, and inter­ preting information. 3. Management of information centers. 4. Utilization of library and other informa­ tion sources. In the second semester students specialize in one or two of these areas, selecting options that may include Library Automation, Systems Analysis, Literature of Modern Science, and ap­ propriate courses in other disciplines. Students also include in this study a faculty-supervised in-service experience in which they work at a selected professional, industrial, or business or­ ganization. The program may be taken on a full, day-time basis, for which two semesters and a summer are required; or on a part-time basis, which includes courses offered in the eve­ ning division. For additional information or preliminary evaluation forms, write to: Director of Science Information, Life Sciences Building, Illinois In­ stitute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616. • A valuable historical collection of chil­ dren’s books, now being reorganized and cata­ loged at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences (GSLIS), will be housed in a spe­ cial room in honor of Elizabeth Nesbitt, for­ mer associate dean of the library school. Reorganization of the collection is being car­ ried out in a two-year program under the di­ rection of Associate Professor Margaret Hodges and Librarian Jean Kindlin, and is designed to make the collection more accessible to students, historians, and scholars in the various disci­ plines. An index of authors, illustrators, and publishers is now in preparation. Completion of the project in 1976 will coin­ cide with the school’s celebration of its seventy- fifth anniversary. GSLIS had its beginnings in 1901 as the Carnegie Library School, which from the first distinguished itself in children’s librarianship. The 5,000-volume historical col­ lection, developed over the years in support of this specialization, includes chapbooks valued in the hundreds of dollars, manuscript leaves, original work of illustrators, a first edition of Huckleberry Finn, and a 1719 Robinson Cru­ soe, the first year of its publication. • The papers of Harold L. Ickes, secre­ tary of the interior from 1933 to 1946, are now open to qualified researchers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. The li­ brary acquired the first group of the Ickes pa­ pers in 1952, and from that time until 1961 a number of historians were granted access to them by Mrs. Ickes. Since 1961, however, only those papers in the collection which were dated before March 4, 1933, have been available. Research in the collection will be facilitated by an extensive card index to the subject mat­ ter of the diaries which were kept by Ickes from 1933 to 1951. Three volumes of the “se­ cret diaries’’ (1933-1941), as they have been called, were published in 1953-54, but did not include all entries. The diaries from the years 1942 to 1951 are unpublished. Together with Ickes’ voluminous official and personal corre­ spondence, the diaries will provide historians with an unusually intimate and detailed record of the administrations of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. At the time of the donation of the papers to the library, Mrs. Ickes provided that they would be opened in 1977. Since her death in 1973, a decision made by the Ickes estate has made it possible to open the papers at this time. • Librarians in Education and Research in the Northeast (LEARN) met at the Gut­ man Library at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on March 20. The newly formed group of some fifty education librarians in the Greater Boston area has been working since October on a Union List of Educational Serials held by over thirty-five libraries in the Boston area. Malcolm Hamilton, coordinator of the project and head of reference and circulation departments of the Gutman Library, was named chairman of the group. Mrs. Guest Perry, librarian of the Houghton Mifflin Com­ pany Educational Division, was named secre­ tary/treasurer. The program consisted of a presentation of newly developed educational reference tools. Mr. Hamilton showed a slide tape on the ERIC system and discussed some of the problems in­ volved in the production of a slide tape. Ms. Ginny Eager, librarian of the New England Special Education Instructional Materials Cen­ 134 ter (NESEIM C) at Boston University, fir played and then discussed an audio-tape librar orientation program developed for the use patrons in becoming familiar with location various resources and services of the center. Future meetings of LEARN will concer possibilities of library cooperation among ed cation librarians in the Greater Boston area. P U B L IC A T IO N • The U.S. Court of Claims has issued a D cision on November 27, 1973 holding the Uni ed States free of liability in the Williams Wilkins Company copyright infringement cas against the photocopy practices of the Nation Library of Medicine. This 104-page reprint the Decision is available at $4.95. This latest decision is important reading f everyone involved in libraries, publishing, i formation systems design, etc., who wishes t learn the subtleties of its impact on specifi areas. An earlier report on the case was issued b the U.S. Court of Claims (February 16, 1972 It was sixty-three pages in length and is avai able for $3.95. Both reprints are available f a combined price of $7.95 from Dataflow Sy tems Inc., 7758 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, M 20014. • The Association of Research Libraries ha recently released three studies funded by th National Science Foundation which relate t interlibrary loan. Two of the studies were mad by Westat Inc. One of the reports, entitle Methods of Financing Interlibrary Loan Se vices, presents statistical and cost data to su port the position that interlibrary lending i volves significant costs to net lending librarie and recommends that libraries be recompense for such loans by fees charged to the borro ing institution until such time as special su sidies from public agencies are available. The second W estat Study is entitled Acces to Periodical Resources: A National Plan. A m jor consideration in the long range improv ment of the interlibrary loan system is the d velopment of a national center for acquirin storing, and lending periodical materials. Th purpose of this study was to develop, evaluat and recommend a feasible configuration of national periodical resources center. The repo discusses alternative configurations; deman and cost estimates were projected for each co figuration. The conclusion reached is that single national center offers the best solutio over the long term. The configuration is reco mended assuming that realistic funding is avai able. The third study was performed under co st y of of n u­ S e­ t­ & e al of or n­ o c y ). l­ or s­ D s e o e d r­ p­ n­ s, d w­ b­ s a­ e­ e­ g, e e, a rt d n­ a n m­ l­ n­ tract with Becker and Hayes, Inc. and is en­ titled A System for Interlibrary Communication (SILC). The purpose of the study was to de­ velop data upon which to evaluate the feasibil­ ity of using commercial time-sharing computer systems as a means for communicating, ac­ counting, message switching, and referral for interlibrary loan requests. The results are re­ ported in terms of technical feasibility, opera­ tional feasibility, management feasibility, and economic feasibility. The evaluations are es­ sentially positive, and tire report recommends proceeding further in development and pilot test of the operation. For further information, contact: Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. • Inside Information: Profiles of Key Infor­ mation Centers, Organizations, and Personal­ ities contains nearly 100 highly personal pro­ files written by librarians and information spe­ cialists. This volume represents the efforts of key persons in leading information centers and organizations to communicate to present and future colleagues the purposes and activities of their organizations. Included is the story be­ hind the initialisms: AFIPS, ASIS, ASI, ASLIB, ASIDIC, BIOSIS, CAS, EPIC, FID, IIA, LARC, MLA, NFAIS, NODC, RICE, SIE, SIGIR, SLA, URISA, etc. The information cen­ ter profiles are detailed descriptions of key cen­ ters operated under governmental, commercial, academic, or learned society auspices, and cov­ er such items as origin, mission, scope, input, output, publications, special services, and costs. The organization profiles are concise explana­ tions of the services offered by new and lead­ ing societies, associations, and special groups established specifically to further emerging li­ brary and information needs. The personality profiles include informal reminiscences of leaders in information tech­ nology written by colleagues and friends and which often provide insight into the profiler as well. The subjects and their profilers include Jesse Shera by Alan Rees, Susan Artandi by Ruth Katz, Charles Bourne by Jeanne North, Richard Orr by Claire Schultz, H. P. Luhn by Stephen Furth, Miles Conrad by Phyllis Par­ kins, Ralph Shaw by Maurice Tauber, etc. All the profiles originally appeared in Information (the monthly news journal for library and in­ formation scientists) and have been updated for 1974 publication in this volume. Inside Information will be published early in September. The book is priced at $15.00 (prepaid) through August 31, 1974. There­ after, the price will be $18.50, plus postage and handling. Orders of over ten copies pre­ paid directly by a library school will be hon­ 135 ored at the special rate of $10.00 per copy and information scientists, both American and ­ foreign. The papers explore various aspects of ., information theory, computerization, and tele­ communications as they have affected methods of bibliographical control and library organiza­ , tion in the fields of the social sciences and the ­ humanities, and the book concludes with some ­ observations on the implications of these de­ : velopments for library schools. r The price of the book is $10.00 for prepaid e orders received before July 1, the publication l date; thereafter, $12.50. ; For further information, please write to: Dr. r­ Robert A. Colby, Professor of Library Science, 0 Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367. ­ • The Library and Information Center of the r­ Asian Institute of Technology has published a Guide to the Literature on Water Resources s Engineering in the AIT library as the first of its series of reference guides. It can be pur­e chased for $1.50 (including postage) from: i­ The Library, Asian Institute of Technology, ts P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok, Thailand.f­ • A microfilm edition of The Biographical Directory of the American Congress has been r prepared on 16mm and 35mm microfilm by n Dataflow Systems Inc. This revised edition cov­­ ers congressmen, senators, and presidents from 1774 through the Ninety-First Congress in 1970.), This edition contains more than 10,800 indi­i­ vidual biographies which have been carefully al compiled from currently available biographical works. Also included are biographies of presi­n dents of the United States who never served as n members of Congress. Out of thirty-six presi­ dents to date, all bu t eight have served in the ­ U.S. Congress. ­ This publication is about 2,000 pages/frames s in length and is available for $19.75 from: e Dataflow Systems Inc., 7758 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20014. : : • Placement Services in Accredited Library , Schools . . . , May 1974, a survey-report from the ALA SRRT Task Force on the Status of Women, is now available from the Clearing­ ­ house on Library & Information Sciences s (ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Re­ e sources, Stanford University School of Educa­ y tion, Center for Research and Development in e Teaching, Stanford, CA 94305) as ERIC Doc t­ ED 078 847 LI 004 382. MF 65¢. HC $3.29. ­ Descriptors assigned to the seventeen-page doc­ k ument by ERIC include Sex discrimination, r­ Working women, and Job placement, Librari­ y ans. Dr. Helen Rippier Wheeler is the author. s, ■ ■ through August 31, 1974. Order from the pub lisher, Science Associates/International, Inc 23 E. 26 St., New York, NY 10010. • The American National Standards Institute Committee Z39 on Library Work, Documenta tion, and Related Publishing Practices, an nounces the publication of two new standards American National Standard Guidelines fo Thesaurus Structure, Construction, and Us (Z39.19-1974; $4.50) and American Nationa Standard for Book Numbering (Z39.21-1973 $3.00). Copies may be ordered from the Ame ican National Standards Institute, Inc., 143 Broadway, New York, NY 10018. • Congressional Information Service, pub lisher of government document reference se vices, is now making available to libraries free package of display and publicity material titled the “Ask Tour Librarian” Kit. Containing a wide variety of ready-to-us materials, the kit is designed to help each l brary further patron interest in, and use of, i own government documents collection and re erence resources. Included in the kit are: Two dozen different color posters (with fou in the Spanish language) that draw attentio to the research and reference information pub lished by the federal government; Sample news and feature stories; A series of advertisements (one in Spanish which are ready for reproduction, so that l braries can seek free advertising space in loc publications; Several brief scripts for radio and televisio public-service spot announcements, which ca also be adapted as appropriate; And, reproduction-ready designs for book marks to be printed and distributed locally. In addition, the kit also includes a “Cam paign Planner” and a varied list of suggestion for library promotion activities built around th “Ask Your Librarian” theme. Libraries can receive a free kit by writing to Congressional Information Service, Attention Kit, 600 Montgomery Building, Washington DC 20014. • The Queens College Press is pleased to an nounce the forthcoming publication of Acces to Knowledge in the Social Sciences and th Humanities, under the auspices of the Librar Science Department of Queens College of th City University of New York. The book is edi ed from a series of papers presented at a con ference held at the Ford Foundation, New Yor City, on April 5-6, 1972, under the sponso ship of the department, which was attended b some 200 librarians, library educators, editor 136